On June 26, the Tunisian Presidency repeated its anti-migrant rhetoric, saying “But why do they choose Sfax?” on a Facebook Press Release.
On 25 June, hundreds of demonstrators protested in Sfax against the presence of sub-Saharan migrants.
On June 23, 37 sub-Saharian migrants were missing after shipwreck between Tunisia and Italy. They left the Tunisian port of Sfax. According to the IOM, their boat capsized between Tunisia and Lampedusa.
On June 21, 80 people divided in two boats were in distress off Tunisia. They were finally forced to go back to Tunisia by the Garde Maritime.
French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and his German counterpart Nancy Faeser visited Tunisia on June 18 and 19, 2023. The aim was to promote the European Pact on Migration and Asylum, a week after the Tunisian President turned down similar proposals to join the Pact from Ursula von der Leyen during a visit to Tunis. France has pledged 25.8 million euros in bilateral aid to contain migratory flows.
On June 10, Alarm Pone reported that 42 people in distress off Tunisia were intercepted by Tunisian authorities and taken back to shore.
On June 11, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen visited Tunisia with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. At the press conference held at the end of her visit, von der Leyen announced that the EU is ready to support Tunisia with a total of more than €1 billion of aid in return for better border control and measures against human smuggling. She added that the EU was also ready to provide Tunisia with €100 million for border management, search and rescue, anti-smuggling measures, and other initiatives to address migration.
On June 6, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni traveled to Tunisia as part of her bid to stop migrants from making their ways to Italian shores. Meloni pledged to strengthen collaboration with the Tunisian authorities in prevention migration and offered to host an international conference about irregular migration and development in Rome.
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